Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-09

Rla,re and Sherman.

Not in Virginia orh, but all over the
Union, BLAER and SHERMAN are pitted
against each other. Indeed, they have
succeeded in almost persusding the
public that there are only two aspirauts
to the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent of the United States in 1888 whose
names are worthy of being mentioned
in that connection. 1t will not be an
easy matter to keep the peace between
the Shermanites and the Blaineites next
year if we may Judge from the tricks
which their friends have already begun
TO practice the one set upon the other
II was announced in Washington o
few days ago that WHrrELAw REID,
the editor of tho New York Tribune,
the leading BLAINE organ in the United
States, had written letter to MURAr
HAIsIEAD, the editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, stating that he
(REID) was ready to come out for
SHERMAN as soOl as he could be salts;
fed that SHERMAN could and would go
into the National Convention with a
solid delegation from Ohio. AS we
read both the papers regularly, and
knew that the statement was destitute |
of even probability, we were not mis-
led by it. But it caused stir amongst |
the devoted friends of BLAINE and |
SHERMAN. Accordingly Mr.. HALsrEAD
in his own paper wrote on the 7th in
slant as follows;
"The statement tslegraphed over the
country, originating in Washington,
that Mr.. Halstead, of the Commercial
Gazette, had received O letter from
Whitelaw Reid, editor Of the New
York Tribune. about Blaine and Sher-
man as presidential candidates, is I'M
true altogether. There has been no
correspondence resembling even re-
motely that reported"
Mr.. REID also denied all knowledge |
of any letter from himself to MURAr
HAIsTRAD betokening a purpose to
abandon BLAINE and espouse JoRS
SHERMAN's interests for the next presi- |
dental nomination.
And with what result were these de- |
mails made? Read the Washington
Post:
"Since Mr.. Halstead's vigorous de-
NAL has been sent ont it has been |
learned that such letter was written,
but that it was not sent to Mr.. Hal
stead, but to his partner, the truly |
good Richard Smith. Whether the |
letter was really written by Mr.. Reid or
is q forgery is, of course, not known
OF course there is no more truth in
the latter report than in the former.
Mr.. REID has written such letter to
nobody. His fortunes are bound up
with those of BLAINE, and they twain
will sink or swim together from now
until the time Of the assembling of the
Republican National Convention OF next
year.
There was q significant qualification
in the alleged letter to HALsrEAD. The
doubt implied or expressed as to whe-
ther SHERMAN could get ALI the dele
gates even from his own State was a
Blaineite's suggestion most assuredly.
II has been SHERMAN's misfortune to
fail 10 go into National Conventions
backed by the whole Ohio dele
CATION. 1t seems likely that he
will have better luck next time.
But we are not sure of it. HALsrEAD
is q JONAH. Whatever vessel he en-
barks upon is almost sure to be wrecked.
His ship never outrides the storm OF q
National Convention. What with HAL
STEAD as a JONAH and SHERMAN as
foot ball for fortune it would seem
probable that BLAINE will kill SHERMAN
next year as he killed GRANT in 1880.